Will We See the Next NC Hurricane Coming?
According to research conducted by Shoresides, the National Weather Service Office in Wilmington, North Carolina, which played a pivotal role in predicting and tracking Hurricane Florence in 2018, may...
Defunded: Youth Violence Prevention Cut in Robeson County
Send us a text In Robeson County, North Carolina—home to some of the state’s highest youth violence rates—community-led prevention efforts were working. Until they weren’t. In this episode of...
Thinking of Eating Fish From the Cape Fear River? Don’t…
Send us a text In this episode of Shoresides, we follow a community-led effort to uncover chemical contamination, protect public health, and rethink how we communicate environmental risk in...
Temperature Check: Coastal Edition
Send us a text A New Series About Rising Temperatures in Coastal North Carolina hosted By Natalia Sanchez Loayza According to a public records request submitted by Shoresides, at...
Bridging the Care Gap: North Carolina’s Nursing Workforce Challenge
Send us a text On this episode of Shoreside, host Nicholas Merino speaks with Catherine Moore, director of the Health Professions Data System at the Cecil G. Sheps Center...
What’s Behind That Proposed North Carolina Octopus Farming Ban?
Send us a text This episode, Shoresides delves into the strange, ethically murky world of octopus aquaculture with scientist Dr. Jennifer Mather—to ask: Should North Carolina go ahead with...
What It’s Like to Grow Up In North Carolina’s Vietnamese Fishing Tradition
Send us a text In this episode, Shoresides talks with Jessica Thai, who grew up with immigration, tradition, and economic shifts shaping daily life and collective identity in a...
Whatever Happened to the Fisheries Where NCs Black Coastal Communities Were Once Central
Send us a text Cultural anthropologist Barbara Garrity-Blake takes us into the world of North Carolina’s menhaden fishery — a once-thriving industry built by coastal communities, African American crews,...
Nurturing Future Healthcare Leaders: Youth Attend Workforce and Leadership Development in New Hanover County
Send us a text In Wilmington, North Carolina, the demand for healthcare workers is growing rapidly. Nurse Camp Academy, a program of the nonprofit Better is Possible based in...
Carolina Beach Mayor Lynn Barbee On the Storm We Forgot
This is the story of a beach storm no one saw coming—and the lessons we can’t afford to forget. In this episode of Storm Stories, Mayor Lynn Barbie of...
Eagle Island at the Edge: Rising Waters, Vanishing Forests, and the Vision for a Fragile Landmark
Send us a text In this episode of Shoreside, host Nicholas Magno explores the uncertain future of Eagle Island, a fragile stretch of wetlands that connects Wilmington to Belville,...
Temperature Check: Understanding Life in a Warming Coastal Region
Send us a text In this introductory episode of Temperature Check: Coastal Edition, hosted by Natalia Sanchez Loayza, we explore the impacts of extreme heat in coastal North Carolina....